Napoleon
A Latin name meaning "from Naples". In Poland it barely registers now: around 65 men carry it and no boys have been given it in years, so meeting one would stick in your memory.
Napoleon Pronunciation
Napoleon is pronounced nah-po-LE-on (/napɔˈlɛɔn/).
What Napoleon means
Where Napoleon comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Napoleon begins in Latin, in the name of a city. The short meaning stays close to that root: from Naples. Naples itself traces back to the Greek Neapolis, the new city, later the Latin Neapolis and the Italian Napoli. So the name holds a geography before it holds a person.
The French made it famous. Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio, on Corsica, in 1769. He turned a Latin place-name into a signal of ambition across Europe. In Poland his name landed differently, bound to the Legions and the hope of independence. After him, the name rarely sounds neutral.
In a Polish class register, Napoleon stands out at once. It is long, formal, and tied to one man. The meaning underneath stays modest. From Naples, a new city by the sea.
When Napoleon celebrates name day
Napoleon appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 15 August.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Napoleon
1 in 328403 men in Poland is named Napoleon. 65 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4535 among male names.
Napoleon as a middle name
Napoleon is a first name for 65 men in Poland and a middle name for another 256, a 20/80 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 440th, between Moshe (256) and Omar (256).
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#438 Jürgen259
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#439 Moshe256
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#440 Napoleon256
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#441 Omar256
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#442 Hans255